Correction from yesterday–Jake Peavy is not scheduled to pitch today, right after he pitched on Monday.

That was an occasional problem with the way I was writing the reports. So I didn’t have to waste the time retyping the “after … seasons” over and over again for everyone, I have been putting the reports into Word, doing a find for the last time the player was mentioned, using that stat writeup as the template and just amending the 2005 and career numbers.

But, every once in a while, an extra comment like when Peavy was going to start snuck in there without me realizing I needed to take it out.

That comment was related to his prior ATM reports reference being a start being pushed back.

Now that I’ve set up the pitching chart format and can just generate a new set of stats each day for everyone, without having to go back and grab their template, this will become a moot point going forward.

1) The Yankees trailed the Devil Rays 10-2 before winning 20-11. According to Elias, they tied the major league record for largest margin of victory by a team with a 8+ run comeback. The record was originally set by the Indians, who also trailed the Devil Rays 10-2 and beat them 20-11, in 1999.

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